Graham Hart (civil servant)

Sir Graham Allan Hart KCB (born 13 March 1940) is a British retired civil servant.

Sir Graham Hart

KCB
Born
Graham Allan Hart

(1940-03-13) 13 March 1940[1]
Romford, Essex, England[2]
NationalityUnited Kingdom
EducationBrentwood School
Alma materPembroke College, Oxford
Occupationcivil servant
Spouse(s)
Margaret Aline Powell
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(m. 1962)​
Children2[1]

Hart was born in Romford, the son of Frederick Hart and Winifred Schofield. He was educated at Brentwood School and Pembroke College, Oxford.[1]

Hart made his career in the Department of Health, rising to be permanent secretary there from 1992 to 1997.[3]

Upon retirement he served as chair of the King's Fund and of Citizens Advice, and sat on the advisory committee of the Centre for History in Public Health.[3] He also undertook a PhD in early modern history.[3]

He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1987 New Year Honours[4] and a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 1996 Birthday Honours.[5]

Government offices
Preceded by
Christopher France		 Permanent Secretary at the
Department of Health
1992–1997		 Succeeded by
Chris Kelly

References
  1. Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 1808. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  2. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007
  3. Caroline Overy; Lois Reynolds; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2011). History of the National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN 978-0-902238-74-9. Wikidata Q29581782.
  4. "No. 50764". The London Gazette. 30 December 1986. pp. 1–28.
  5. "No. 54427". The London Gazette. 14 June 1996. pp. 1–29.
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